St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-24
Gov. Fitz Hugh Lee and Distinguished
Party From Virginia Visit the
Carnival City.
How Many Guests Passed a Pleasant Sun
day During tue Gay Winter Hol-
iday Season.
Rev. Bird Wilkfn Likens the Human
Body to a Palace of Ice--A
Sunday Shooting.
Numerous Bits of Gossip Found
Floating in the Breezes--Sun-
days Local Summary.
vIRGENIA,s GOVERNOR.

Gen. FitZ ffngh Lee and Party of
Distinguished Citizens of Virginia
Are in the CIty.-A Banquet TO-
night.
Gen. Fitz Hugh Lee and party. of Vir-
ginia, arrived in the city early yesterday
morning, and all took quarters at the Ryan
except Gov. Lee, who is the guest of j. r.
McMurran. The party comprised the fol-
lowing prominent citizens of Richmond:
Gen. Fitz Hugh Lee, NJ. n. Gillian, T.
Charles Watkins. DR.. George Rogers. John
c. Branch Blythe w. Branch. Joseph
Bryan, Thomas Nelson Ray, John L..
Marge, ". Z. Addison, Roger B. Atkin-
son, E. NJ. Moore, James T. Gray
and Richard NJ. Venerable. The gentle
men remained in their rooms until church
time. when Gov. Lee attended Christ
church and others of the party stoned to
sermons at various churches of the city.
After an early lunch. under the escort Of
MI. McMurran. the party took a drive about
the city and viewed the ice palace from
within the castle walls, for realizing the
importance of their applicants, the guardians
at the gate threw open the fast-barred por-
tails and allowed the distinguished visitors
to enter the grounds. In the evening Gen.
Lee. Mr.. McMurran, George r. Finch, E.
w. Winter. P. II. Kelly and the other
members of Gen. Lees party took supper
together and spent the evening in talking
over matters in general. Politics were ia
bOoed. Gen. Lee is a man of medium
height. with long gray beard. His hair.
which once was golden, is now nearly gray.
lie has a jolly-looking face. although his
features are of the sterner Grecan type
He has the typical Southern knightly bear
ing and courtiy address of the residents of
the most chivalrous state in the Union.
He is
AN AGREEABLE TALKER,
and makes those who approach him feel
perfectly at home. Gen. Lee has no appre-
hension, he said, that Malone will again
appear before the people of Vir-
ginia as a candidate tor nomina-
ton or election as United States
senator. Gen. Lee is convinced that Vir-
ginia is reliably Democratic. He did not
care to talk about matters polit cal to any
great extent, and changed the conversation
to the subject Of the st. Paul carnival and
the Northwest. He was greatly pleased
he said. with all he had seen, and thought
that st. Paul was the coming metropolis of
not only Minnesota, but of all the states
west of the Ohio. Gen. Lee and party will
remain in st. Paul until Friday, with a
trip to Duluth Tuesday evening, returning
Wednesday afternoon, and expect to wit
ness the second StOrmng of the ice palace
On Thursday night. 1t was expected that
Congressman George d. Wise of Virginia,
and Senator elect Daniel, of the same state,
would accompany the party on the visit
West. but the impending revenue bill. ex-
pected to be introduced into congress this
week, forbade the representatives of the
greatest tobacco growing state in America
from leaving Washington.
The Magnolia and Postum clubs, at a
meeting held at the Ryan yesterday, de-
termined to give banquet to Gen. Lee and
party in the Ryan ordinary. About one
hundred citizens of st. Paul have been in
vited to be present, and appropriate toaStS
will be prepared for the occasion. The
event will take place tonight at o'clock.
The following committees were selected
yesteNiay to arrange for the reception and
banquet:
On Banquet and Reception-M. B " iliams,
O. g. Clay, Z. D. Hager.
Or Arrangements-M. H. Albin, H. c.. Hope.
S. IrcMurran. S. H. Ficklin, H. W. Shade, X.
K. 3oney. William Candy, Jr.
E}i fffvitation-Capt. George H. Moffett J.
H. McMurran, J. ", McClung and Col. W. Q.
Allen.
Among those who will probably be
guests viii be Hon. G. K. Davis, United
States senator-elect Gov. A. r. McGill,
Hon. Ignatius DonnelIy, Hon. H. NJ. Rice,
Gen, Il. II. Sibley, eX-Goy Alexander
Ramsey, Judge G. E. Flandrau, Hon. P.
IL. Kelly. Dennis Ryan, d. r. Noyes. j.
d. Hill, Col. A. Allen George r. Finch,
W. A. Van Slyke and other prominent
representatives OF st. Paul business inter-
ests.